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Vitamin B1, also known as thiamin, is a water-soluble vitamin. It is naturally found in meats, fish, and whole grains such as yeast, cereal grains, beans etc... Thiamin is essential for human body, including the glucose metabolism, muscle, nervous system and heart.

Vitamin B1 was the first B vitamin discovered by scientists. That’s the reason why it was numbered as B1. It was discovered by a Japanese researcher Umetaro Suzuki, he was called ‘the father of vitamin’ in consequence of this great discovery.

Just like the other B vitamins, B1 is water-soluble and it helps the body to turn carbonhydrates into energy.

What’s the benefits of Vitamin B1?

Vitamin B1 is vital to human body. It helps the body to convert carbonhydrates, fats and protein into energy or glucose.

Except the usage of metabolism, it can also help prevent complications in the nervous system, muscles, heart, brain and digest system. It’s also involved in the flow of electrolytes into and out of muscle and nerve cells.

How much vitamin B1 do we need?

Research shows that the recommended daily allowance of vitamin taken by mouth is 1.2 mg for males and 1.1 mg for females over the age of 18 years. As for pregnant of breastfeeding women might consume 1.4 mg each day.

People can take vitamin B1 in from meats (pork, poultry), beans( peas, soybeans) and some whole grain cereals that are fortified with, such as cereal, bread, rice and pasta.

How is Vitamin B1 used in medicines and dietary supplements?

Vitamin B1 is mainly used in medicine, it helps to prevent diseases such as beriberi. And it was also involved in helping with the disorders of the heart, nerves and digestive system.

Patients who may receive vitamin B1 to treat low levels of vitamin B1 include those with peripheral neuritis, which is an inflammation of the nerves outside the brain, or pellagra.

Vitamin B1 could be used in injections for patients who are in a coma. And it can also be added to the medicine used to cure colitis, persistent diarrhea and some pills to enhance appetite.

Other conditions in which vitamin B1 may help include: AIDS, canker sores, cataracts, glaucoma and other vision problems, cerebellar syndrome, a type of brain damage, cervical cancer, diabetic pain, strss, heart disease, kidney disease in patients with diabetes type 2, motion sickness and a weakened immune system.

How to keep the balance of vitamin B1 in the human body?

A continuous supply of vitamin B1 is required for human, because it can’t be stored in the human body. So people need to take it in from daily diet.

It’s enough for healthy people to take vitamin B1 in from daily diet. Eat more meats, legumes and whole grain products would be great to absorb the vitamin B1. However, heating and cooking could destroy the vitamin B1. People who has deficiency of vitamin B1 could use some supplements to increase the intake.

On the other hand, some habits and certain foods could cancel out the usage of vitamin B1 in the body, hence lead to deficiency. Which include:

• Drinking too much coffee or tea
• Chewing betel nuts or tea leaves
• Eat raw fish and shellfish

As a conclusion, mild symptom of vitamin B1 deficiency could be improved by changing the diet.